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Pingcheng

Syllables: Ping·cheng/pɪŋ.t͡ʃɛŋ/

Pingcheng proper noun: a district of Datong, Shanxi, China.

Proper noun

Pingcheng

  1. A district of Datong, Shanxi, China.
    • The founder of the Han dynasty, the emperor Kao-ti, hastened to the scene, drove back the Hsiung-nu, but was then blockaded by them on the Paiteng plateau near Pingcheng, in the present-day district of Tatung, on the frontiers of Shansi.1970, René Grousset, translated by Naomi Walford, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 127
    • Located about 250 kilometers west of Beijing, Datong is a small city by Chinese standards: Currently, Pingcheng District, which covers most of Datong proper, has 807,000 residents. But the city’s people could take pride in Datong’s rich coal seams and richer history.2020 October 10, Jiede Su, “In Datong, a Crumbling Legacy of China’s Most Extreme Urban Makeover”, in Sixth Tone, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2020

Forms of Pingcheng

alternative formP'ing-ch'eng

Origin of Pingcheng

From Mandarin 平城 (Píngchéng).

Questions about Pingcheng

What does Pingcheng mean?
Pingcheng means a district of Datong, Shanxi, China.
What part of speech is Pingcheng?
Pingcheng is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pingcheng?
Pingcheng is pronounced /pɪŋ.t͡ʃɛŋ/.

Words near Pingcheng in the dictionary

  1. Pingba
  2. pingback
  3. pingbacks
  4. Pingbian
  5. Pingchen
  6. Pingcheng
  7. pingdemic
  8. Pingding
  9. Pingdingshan
  10. Pingdong
  11. pinge

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